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ERS TO T FROM EUROPE Consular Officers Ordered to Collect All Americans and to Rush Transportation Homeward. Cable to Berlin Interrupted and State Department Gets No Official News for 36 Hours. CABLE TO BERLIN CEASES TO WORK WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Communication with Germany via the Copenhagen cable has been interrupted, It , was announced at the state department today. No news has been received from Germany for the last thirty-six hours. Government officials have been instructed to do everything possible to obtain the re-opening of the only cable line available between the United States and Berlin. BY LEASED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Orders to charter all available neutral steamships to bring stranded Americans home, were sent today to all diplomatic and consular officers in Europe, following a conference between Secretary Garrison and Secretary Bryan. Secretary Gacson stated that . the latest advices abroad Indicated "that the United States would have to superintend the transfer of from 150,000 to 200,000 persons, a majority of whom Are destitute. "Orders to both consular and diplomatic officers instructed them to charter every available vessel without loss of time and to start back to the United States, carrying a capacity cargo of Americans," said Secretary Garrison. Send Home Tourists. "Government officials abroad have been Instructed to make inquiries as to the earliest moment when these 'ships can Bail and to see that all Americans who desire to return home imIrnediately be placed on board. ' "In crder to avoid international comiplications, all government officials abroad have been warned to deal only iwith the ships of neutral countries. In ithis manner we hope to bring back to ithis country, within the next month, all Americans who wish to return." 1 Secretary Garrison added that the .question of a declaration of war by iltaly, after some of the Italian ships carrying Americans had cleared from (Italian ports had been considered by (the state department, but officials here ibelieve that Americans would be safe because the opposing nations would not care to waste the services of wardships in the capture of second class chips. U. S. VULCAN TO SAIL. NEWPORT NEWS, Aug. 12. The ."United States auxiliary Vulcan is rapIdly loading coal and food supplies today to follow the warships Tennessee and North Carolina abroad. Lieut. Commander Greendale has been specially assigned to command the vessel. DEPARTS FOR BERLIN TO FREE AMERICANS BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Aug. 12. Active steps Ifor the release of Americans detained in Germany were taken today when a committee of Americans headed by Dr. John H. Finley, commissioner of education in New York state, left for Berlin. They expect to bring sufficient diplomatic pressure to bear on the German government to make it possible for all Americans in Germany to leave at once for their destinations. tThe government had ruled that all foreigners within the empire would have to remain until mobilization was complete. Dr. Finley has sufficient funds to provide transportation for any penniless American. EUROPE WAR MAP The Palladium has completed arrangements with a large publishing house In New York city to furnish war maos of Europe. The maps are printed In five colors with half tone portraits of all the great rulers. Ground plane of the war capitals and many other features not to be found In any other war maps of Europe. These maps may be secured for 10 cents each at the Palladium office on and after August 15th. Get your order In early.

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FRENCH BATTLE GERMANS ALONG FRONTIER LINES 30,000 Austrian Troops Enter Alsace From Swiss Boundary to Join Ally Against Invaders. Opposing Forces Clash in Many Small Engagements of Scouting Parties and Cavalry Troops. BY FRANK P. MERRICK, Staff Correspondent for the International News Service. PARIS, Aug. 12. The French war office issued an official announcement today stating that the troops of France have been victorious. This statement relates to the fighting in Alsace and along the frontier, where the opposing forces are spread out in a battle line nearly one hundred miles long. It was further officially stated that German soldiers who penetrated France in the departments of the Meuse and Meurth Et Mosselle have been driven back. It is said that the -French army that invaded Alsace, capturing Altkirch and Muelhausen, will soon be engaged in battle with Austrian troops. Definite information reached the war office today that the Fourteenth Austrian army corps, consisting of 30,000 men under the command of the Grand Duke

of Tuscany, had entered Alsace from the direction of the Swiss frontier, and was moving rapidly to a junction with the German forces. Try to Outflank French. The French are in contact with German troops all along the frontier. Dispatches from the front say that there is a heavy body of German soldiers maneuvering over a line about sixtyfive miles in length between Chambley and Messampre, with the position of trying to outflank the French. At Mangiennes, northeast of Verdun, a sharp engagement took place in which the French claim to have repulsed the Germans. A battery of German artillery was disabled. German troops attacked the French advance posts in the vicinity of Chateau Salins, 18 miles northeast of Nancy, but fell back, according to the war office official statement. In the fighting at Mangiennes the French ar(Continued on Page Five) FOREIGN GRAFTS HALT STEAMERS NEAR NEW YORK Shells Across Bow From Men-of-War Hold Trading Ships Up for Positive Identification. BY LEASED WIRE. NEW YORK, Aug. 12 Two foreign cruisers are operating close to the American coast, it was learned today. The Norwegian tank steamer Conrad Mohr reported on her arrival that she was halted off Nantucket last night by a war ship, which fired across her bows. AfteV stating his boat's name and nationality, the captain was allowed to proceed. When the steamer was off Montauk Point, she was stopped in a similar manner by another oruiser, and the same process of identifications was required. HEAR SIX SHOTS. PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 12. Residents of Portland and other towns along the Maine coast reported today that they had heard six shots at sea about 6:30 o'clock this morning. A wireless operator here said today that he heard the French cruiser Aboukher communicating with a British vessel last night, and a German ship tried to "jam" through wireless messages. He said the three vessels seemed to be in the same neighborhood about 100 miles off the coast. SHIPS TO VERA CRUZ. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. All American battleships at Vera Cruz, with the exception of a few small vessels will be the demand for Sept. 1, if Secretary of the Navy Daniels is able to carry out his present plans. Only a few small craft will be retained off Santo Domingo and Hayti. OFF SAN FRANCISCO. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. The German cruisers Nurnberg and Leipsig are reported cruising off the Farallon Islands by captains of several ships that docked here today. The Farallon is thirty-two miles west of San Francisco. m DECLARES BLOCKADE. PARIS, Aug. 12. The official Gazette announces that Austria has declared a blockade of the Montenegrin coast. . 1 LINE AIDS REFUGEES. NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Reports of the Sicula American steamship line announced today that they would immediately put three of their biggest vessels at the disposal of American war refugees in Italy. Three thousand Americans are reported to be in Italy -waiting for ships to bring them noma.

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Grand Army of Western Germany Ready t'o Strike Telling Blow Against French Frontier. British Military Experts Concede Fighting Fitness of Teutons. England Disclaims Interest in Japan's Expected Declaration of War. By.Herbert Temple, European Manager of The International News Service. LONDON, Aug. 12. Prospects of Japan's participation in the war, and movements of the French and German armies were a source of divided interest here today. Reports from the Far East, saying that Japan was ready to launch an attack on possessions of Germany aroused anxiety in conservative circles. The Times devotes its leading editorial to this phase of the situation and after stating that the advent of Japan was unforeseen, says : "Japan is acting in this matter upon her own initiative. She has always bitterly resented the creation of the still unfinished German stronghold (Kiao Chau) so near to her own shores. It has always been believed that at a suitable opportunity she would seek to oust Germany from Kiao-Chau.". Reiterating the statement that Japan is acting on her own initiative the editorial concludes; .t r "We trust that our valued fally in the Far East will limit her actioh to Kiao-ChaU." Seizures of German territory elsewhere in the Pacific might lead to grave misunderstanding among our kinsmen and might injure, instead of help our cause."

mere is accumulating eviaence to ll.HI. L1121L 1.11 H LiUlH. Ul III HL 11L1W I German army, about to operate against France, is to advance northward of Lorraine. N There are about twenty army corps already to move forward, including the Fourteenth Austrian Army corps, which is reported' to have reached Istein. The Eighteenth and Fourteenth German corps are reported to be (Continued on Page Five.) MAAG BOYI BERLIN Grandson of Fred Maag in War Zone. Since hostilities began in Europe nothing has been heard from Raymond Maag, ten-year-old grandson of Fred Maag, who is traveling in Germany with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Piotrowski of Chicago. Mrs. Piotrowgki is the daughter of Mr. Maag. The party left a month ago for the trip. Since that time only one letter has been received from them, which was written Jy the boy on their arrival at Rotterdam. A week ago a Chicago newspaper carried a Berlin dispatch telling of their arrival in that city. The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair tonight and Thursday. " TEMPERATURE , Noon 77 YesterdayMaximum 73 Minimum 65

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- Sheep Invasion jSffLrtles Paris T? 5? LEASED WIRE. PARIS, ug. 12 Parisians today got a bit of hjpnorous relief from the war situation through an unique spectacle that was presented on the boulevards. Thousands upon thousands of sheep, purchased by the government as food for soldiers at the front, were driven through the main avenues, starting on their, journey to Belgium. THb blase boulevardiers, walking or sitting at tables of outdoor cafes, had to dodge the stragglers of the sheep army. Many of them had never seen sheep alive, or sheep dogs either. CENSORS MUTILATE DISPATCHES ON WAR Today's accounts of the European war zone are more conflicting than at any previous time. Most of the dispatches allowed to come through show evidence of changes by the censors, either on 'the continent or in London, to conceal the real military situation and some of the messages were wholly unintelligible. ARMED GUARDS WATCH FALLS' POWER PLANTS BY LEASED WIRE. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., Aug. 12. Fearing that attempts might be made to blow up the Canadian power plants here, guards were placed over them today. The plants furnish light and power to about flft towns.

GERMANS BLOCK ROADS LEADING SOUTHjjF LIEGE Prevent: Retreat of Defenders and Check Effective Co-operation of Belgian and French Divisions. 80,000 Teutons Invest Namur With Heavy Artillery and Invade Interior Cities of Belgium. BULLETIN. PARIS, Aug. 12. The French war office announced today that the German troops in Belgium had blown up the road from Liege to Leuvain. The Belgian army has been mobilizing at Louvain. BY BURTON L. FRAZIER. Staff Correspondent for International News Service. LONDON, Aug. 12. The official announcement by the French war office that the road between the Belgian towns of Louvain - and Liege has been blown up by the Germans is of twofold significance. It indicates that the retreat of the defenders of the Liege forts has been cut off and that the Germans are moving forward rapidly to prevent effective co-operation of the French and Belgian forces. L. French and Belgian armies are en gaged in battl e witn the German forces that invaded Belgium, accord ing to an official statement issued at the war office today. The French came into contact with the Germans when they attacked the environs of Givet, in the department of the-Ardenes. The war office stated that, according to its information, this was an important engagement. The Belgian and German armies are fighting at Tirlemont, Belgium. GERMANS INVEST NAMUR. BRUSSELS, Aug. 12. Two corps of German troops, numbering 80,000 men are reported to- have invested Namur, the strongly fortified Belgian city at the confluence of the river Meuse and Sambre. The Sixth German army corps heads the investing force, which has heavy artillery. The foregoing dispatch indicates that the German forces sent into the interior of Belgium were dispatched to: protect the movement of the main army against Namur, and toward the French frontier. It is unlikely that the Germans will storm Namur, but probably will attempt to pass around it as they did at Liege after investing it. Namur has already sustained numerous sieges. It's citadel is supposed to be on the site of Caesar's camp. The city is 36 miles southeast of Brussels and has a population of about 35,000. HEAR BOMBARDMENT. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 12. Heavy artillery fire in the direction of Tongres, ten miles north of Liege, was heard in Maestricht throughout the morning, according to a dispatch to The Telegraaf. So terrific was the bombardment that the concussion was felt in Maestricht, seventeen miles away. BRITISH AVIATORS DIE IN FLIGHT EXPERIMENT BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Aug. 12. Lieutenant Skeenes and Mechanic Barrow of the army aviation corps, were killed today when the aeroplane in whichthey were flying along the valley of the Lower I Avon, river collaosed, -

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By Bernard Belancourt, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. BRUSSELS, Aug. 12. German troops that crossed the river Meuse and moved west have cut off communication between Brussels and Liege and are passing steadily toward Brussels. They have already arrived in the vicinity of Land' en, seven miles southeast of Tirlemont. Communication with Landen was cut off last night, but it was restored early today and the war office learned that several bridges had been blown up by the Belgians to halt the German advance. It is reported that the opposing forces have engaged in an artillery battle. Evidence of the approach of the Germans to Brussels was given today when a German aviator flew over the capital at a height of two thousand feet. There has been great anxiety caused here over rumors that the food supply was rapidly decreasing and that nonjcombatants might - soon be unable : ta . get provisions. To quiet these rumors the government today issued an official statement saying that there need be no fear that the food supply will be exhausted. The interruption of communication with Landen, it was learned today was caused by a squadron of German cavalry capturing the railroad station and making prisoners of the employes. The official Gazette today admitted that the German army was advancing in force into the interior of Belgium. It says "The situation is slowly becoming clearer. The German armies are being detached from Liege, and are advancing into the heart of the country, but it is difficult to indicate in which direction."

LONDON LEGATION RECEIVES NO NEWS OF LIEGE. " LONDON, Aug. 12. Up to a late hour this afternoon, the Belgian legation had received no official telegrams from Brussels relative to the course of the Liege campaign for twenty-four hours. An officer of the Belgian general staff, who has just arrived from Brussels, gave it as his opinion that a battle of great magnitude is now taking place around Liege and that the Belgian war office will maintain the utmost secrecy to prevent a leak of information. Aside from the fact that fresh Belgian troops are moving southwest from Louvain to join the French forces in front of the German army, nothing is known at the Belgian legation of the detailed troop movements of the allies around Liege.

PARIS REPORTS REPULSE OF INVADERS. PARIS, Aug. 12. Jt is officially announced that the German Cavalry who had reached a point near Tongres, Belgium, have been hurled back by French cavalry. .

A GREAT ARTILLERY DUEL. LONDON, Aug. 12. A special dispatch from Rotterdam this evening said that a terrific artillery duel between Germans and Belgians had been in progress all day at Liege. So heavy was the cannonade that the concussion was felt in Maestricht, Holland, 20 miles away. At dawn the Germans began a mighty cannonade with all their heavy guns trained upon the' Belgian forts. The ground rocked and swayed as the ponderous Krupps hurled shrapnel and mortars against the fortresses. The Belgian, Forts replied and the bombardment went on incessantly throughout the day, each side trying to silence the guns of the enemy.' Buildings in the Dutch City of Maestricht were shaken by earth tremors.

BY HERBERT TEMPLE. European Manager of International News Service. LONDON, Aug. 12. While flying squadrons of German cavalry are penetrating the interior of Belgium, raiding the country and fighUng bodies of Belgian and French troops, a mighty German army of more than 400.000 men is marching in a southwesterly direction from Liege toward the French border to strike the frontier fortifications of France at their weakest point, according to advices received here this afternoon. All war advices today are meager, and it was said that the German emperor and his generals had determined not to allow the resistance of the allies around Liege to prevent the immediate invasion of France. It Is reported that 800,000 German troops taave alreadj. Invested Namur at thej

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juncture of the Meuse and Sambre rivers. British military men here state that German armies will keep Liege and Namur under siege, to be bombarded continuously, until they are reduced, or until the Belgians surrender from lack of ammunition and food. . The Germans evidently hope to strike before France can rally Its grand army to the Franco-Belgian frontier, although it is known her that the French war office has been under the utmost exertions for the past week rushing all available troops to the northwestern border. The present movements of the German troops In Belgium and Lorraine indicate that they have recovered from the shock they sustained at Liege. German strategists have ap- , (Continued on Face Tare). j

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